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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

I'd Like to Know Why

Daniel's third day in the Northeast, and the interviews for the new team. Three and a half years after Dona Sonia interviewed him, Daniel asks the questions, and his first ones come out like an interrogation. With Edson's help, he starts again. Ask the polite way, "I'd like to know why you want to work with us", "could you tell me a little about your experience?", and wrap a question inside a sentence.

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THE STORY

Wednesday the seventh of August, twenty thirty. Edson has booked five interviews for the new team, and he sits in on every one. Daniel has a list of questions on his phone. It starts with the ones Dona Sonia asked him at his own interview, three and a half years ago. At nine, the first candidate, Larissa, sits down, and it doesn't go the way Daniel planned. At five, the last candidate has a question of his own. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Senhora? Eu tenho vinte e seis anos.sehn-YAW-rah? EH-oo TAYN-yoo VEEN-tchee ee SAYS AH-noosMadam? I'm twenty-six.
interrogatórioeen-teh-hoh-gah-TAW-ree-ooan interrogation
Isso é entrevista ou interrogatório?EE-soo eh ayn-treh-VEES-tah oh een-teh-hoh-gah-TAW-ree-ooIs this an interview or an interrogation?
Vamos começar de novo.VAH-moos koh-meh-SAR djee NOH-vooLet's start again.
eu queria saberEH-oo keh-REE-ah sah-BEHRI'd like to know, word for word I wanted to know
Eu queria saber por que você quer trabalhar com a gente.EH-oo keh-REE-ah sah-BEHR poor kee voh-SAY kehr trah-bahl-YAR kohng ah ZHAYN-tcheeI'd like to know why you want to work with us.
Todo mundo bom vai embora para São Paulo.TOH-doo MOON-doo bohng vy ayng-BAW-rah PAH-rah sowng POW-looEveryone good leaves for Sao Paulo.
você poderiavoh-SAY poh-deh-REE-ahcould you, politely
Você poderia me falar um pouco sobre a sua experiência?voh-SAY poh-deh-REE-ah mee fah-LAR oong POH-koo SOH-bree ah SOO-ah ees-peh-ree-AYN-see-ahCould you tell me a little about your experience?
Claro. Quanto tempo você tem?KLAH-roo. KWAN-too TAYN-poo voh-SAY tayngOf course. How much time have you got?

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